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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in digital education technology have enabled humans all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning organizations must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Albania to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Students want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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